false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg 320326 9 <b><i>&#8220;The Jedi are keepers of the peace. We are not soldiers.&#8221;<br>&#8212;MACE WINDU<br></i> <i>Star Wars </i>Episode II: <i>Attack of the Clones<br><br></i></b>Mace Windu is a living legend: Jedi Master, senior member of the Jedi Council, skilled diplomat, devastating fighter. Some say he is the deadliest man alive. But he is a man of peace&#8212;and for the first time in a thousand years, the galaxy is at war.<br><br>Now, following the momentous events climaxing in the Battle of Geonosis, Master Mace Windu must undertake a perilous homecoming to his native world&#8212;to defuse a potentially catastrophic crisis for the Republic . . . and to confront a terrifying mystery with dire personal consequences.<br><br>The jungle planet of Haruun Kal, the homeworld Mace barely remembers, has become a battleground in the increasing hostilities between the Republic and the renegade Separatist movement. The Jedi Council has sent Depa Billaba&#8212;Mace&#8217;s former Padawan and fellow Council member&#8212;to Haruun Kal to train the local tribesmen as a guerilla resistance force, to fight against the Separatists who control the planet and its strategic star system with their droid armies. But now the Separatists have pulled back, and Depa has not returned. The only clue to her disappearance is a cryptic recording left at the scene of a brutal massacre: a recording that hints of madness and murder, and the darkness in the jungle . . . a recording in Depa&#8217;s own voice.<br><br>Mace Windu trained her. Only he can find her. Only he can learn what has changed her. Only he can stop her.<br><br>Jedi were never intended to be soldiers. But now they have no choice. Mace must journey alone into the most treacherous jungle in the galaxy&#8212;and into his own heritage. He will leave behind the Republic he serves, the civilization he believes in, everything but his passion for peace and his devotion to his former Padawan. And he will learn the terrible price that must be paid, when keepers of the peace are forced to make war. . . .<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> 311079 book 2003 Star Wars: Shatterpoint (A Clone Wars Novel) total:500|5:123|4:159|3:156|2:50|1:12| 500 1831 627 21 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 4 1 false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Jul 02 13:02:57 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 13:09:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 3 1 false Tue Feb 03 06:02:08 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 14:25:58 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 06:02:08 -0800 2009
Having said that, Stover attempted an unblinking appraisal of the ugliness of war. While th...more...]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 4 2 false Thu Mar 05 21:40:07 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 21:40:52 -0800 2009 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 5 0 false Fri Feb 20 21:22:48 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 21:28:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 3 0 false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 03:16:21 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 05:06:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 5 0 false Fri Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jun 09 16:32:14 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 16:37:30 -0700 2009 I was so pumped that he finally got his own book.
The fact that Windu is a cold clean killing machine whose lightsaber style (Vaapad) is like, centimeters away from the Dark Side, is just epic. He is probably my favorite Jedi of all time.
This book did an...more...]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 5 1 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 05 07:06:26 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 07:06:45 -0800 2008
Shatterpoint is set after A...more...]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 2 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 17:34:52 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 02 18:48:28 -0800 2008 Shatterpoint where author Matthew Stover describes the main character Mace Windu, constantly being tormented by the bleak jungle of his home planet Haruun Kal, as suffering from a 'black migraine'. And that's exactly what I felt whilst reading this ...more...]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 4 0 false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 16:39:12 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 15:58:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 5 0 false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 14:04:46 -0700 2009 Tue Dec 01 14:14:23 -0800 2009 Review by: Stephan E. Randle
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In Shatterpoint, Mace Windu had to go back to his homeworld--Korun.He has to find his old Padawan,who is now a full grow woman on the Jedi Council--Depa B...more...]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 3 0 false Wed Mar 18 17:07:35 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 17:08:13 -0700 2009 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 3 0 false Thu May 29 14:42:36 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 20:55:18 -0700 2008 the worst books I have ever read. It talks about regrets, guilt, darkness, losing yourself, and wasp nests inside your head. The first three might be a good thing for an emo kid, but wasp nests? Come on! The really bad thing about ...more...]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 5 0 false Wed Sep 26 15:31:01 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 15:34:03 -0700 2007
This is Mace Windu as he should have been. This is the best action writing I've read. This is a tale of a holy warrior pitted against a world of darkness.
...more...]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 01 21:18:51 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 21:22:31 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 5 0 false Sun Oct 19 18:37:17 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 19:02:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 3 0 false Sat Dec 01 22:33:47 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 22:41:48 -0800 2007 Star Wars: Heart of Darkness. Considering how much I didn't care for Joseph Conrad's laborious writing style, however, I did at least enjoy this particular treatment of that theme much better than the original story.]]> 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 5 0 false Fri Oct 17 17:42:46 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 17:44:26 -0700 2008 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 3 0 false Sun Jul 29 15:03:52 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 15:06:32 -0700 2007 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 5 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 10:37:36 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 25 08:30:36 -0800 2008 320326 0345455746 9780345455741 475 21 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737478m/320326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320326.Star_Wars_Shatterpoint 4 0 false Tue Dec 11 17:29:07 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 17:29:24 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=320326